The Twisted Kitchen

The Twisted Kitchen, a whole counter of folded, spiraling pottery

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It started with one twisted olive oil bottle. Now there is a whole counter: its vinegar twin, salt and pepper shakers, a stacking salt cellar, cinnamon and sugar dredgers, a spice rack, a three quart pitcher, a utensil canister, a spoon rest and a butter dish, every one folded from the same flat faces.

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Olive green twisted stoneware oil bottle with cream and charcoal twisted salt and pepper shakers on a walnut table
  • 10 templates
  • Intermediate to Expert
  • 78 pages
  • 26 template sheets
Every Twisted Kitchen template we add later, free

The bundle grows with the collection. Every new Twisted Kitchen template, and every update to one already in it, joins the downloads from your order at no charge.

$106.20$177All 10 Twisted Kitchen templates in one order: 10 PDFs, 78 pages, yours to print as often as you like.

This collection opens for purchase shortly. Until then each template is on its own page, and members logged in to a Clay Hole account get five free every month.

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In this collection

Ten Twisted Kitchen templates, each on its own page

Every one has a free sample to flip through. Sizes are what comes out of the glaze kiln at 12 percent shrinkage. New Twisted Kitchen templates join this collection the day they go live.

Three twisted olive oil bottles in blue, green and plum stoneware glazes, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 114, expert The Twisted Olive Oil Bottle A six-sided olive oil bottle whose corners spiral a quarter turn, with a neck sized for a standard stainless bar pourer. holds about 21 oz, 11 in tall to the neck rim, 3 in across the flats 2 sheets, 8 pages$25 on its own Twisted six-sided salt and pepper shakers in cream and charcoal glazes on marble, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 116, advanced The Twisted Salt and Pepper Set A mirror pair of six-sided shakers whose corners spiral like the olive oil bottle's, with holes sized to the grain and a plug in the base. holds about 3 1/2 oz each, 4 5/8 in tall, 2 in across the flats 2 sheets, 8 pages$12 on its own Twisted cinnamon and sugar dredgers with strap handles in brown and pale blue glazes, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 121, advanced The Twisted Dredgers A mirror pair of chubby twisted shakers with strap handles and honeycomb tops, sized for cinnamon and for sugar. 4 in tall, 3 in across the flats, holds about 8 oz each 2 sheets, 8 pages$12 on its own Green stepped spice rack with folded zigzag fronts holding 18 glass spice jars, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 123, advanced The Twisted Spice Rack A stepped countertop rack for eighteen square spice jars, its three fronts folded like the twisted oil bottle so the creases zigzag up the steps. 11 1/4 in wide, 7 1/4 in deep, 4 1/4 in tall at the back 6 sheets, 12 pages$20 on its own Teal twisted salt cellar stacked beside a burgundy one opened into three salt tiers, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 124, advanced The Twisted Salt Cellar A lift-off stack of two or three twisted six-sided salt tiers with a knobbed lid, the corners spiraling up the whole stack. 3 1/2 in across the flats, 5 1/8 in tall with two tiers and 7 1/8 in with three, about 7 oz a tier 2 sheets, 7 pages$18 on its own Charcoal twisted stoneware pitcher with a pointed corner spout and strap handle, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 127, expert The Twisted Pitcher A 3 quart six-sided pitcher with folded, spiraling faces, a spout made from its own pulled-out corner and a strap handle. 10 in tall and 5 1/2 in across the flats, about 3 quarts 4 sheets, 9 pages$25 on its own Olive green twisted stoneware utensil canister full of wooden spoons and a whisk, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 131, advanced The Twisted Utensil Canister A big six-sided crock for wooden spoons and whisks, its folded faces spiraling up three bands. 8 1/2 in tall and 5 1/2 in across the flats 2 sheets, 6 pages$20 on its own Burgundy twisted vinegar bottle beside its teal olive oil twin, both stoneware, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 132, expert The Twisted Vinegar Bottle The olive oil bottle's mirror twin: a six-sided vinegar bottle whose corners spiral a quarter turn the other way, with a neck for a standard bar pourer. holds about 21 oz, 11 in tall to the neck rim, 3 in across the flats 2 sheets, 8 pages$25 on its own Charcoal twisted stoneware spoon rest with a wooden spoon resting in its corner notch, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 133, intermediate The Twisted Spoon Rest A shallow six-sided dish with folded, leaning faces and a V notch cut into one corner for the spoon's handle. 5 in across the flats and 1 1/2 in deep 2 sheets, 6 pages$8 on its own Pale sky blue twisted stoneware butter dish with a zigzag folded cover, made from The Clay Hole paper template Paper template 134, advanced The Twisted Butter Dish A covered butter dish for a stick of butter: a long cover of zigzag folded faces with a six-sided knob, on a flat plate. the cover 6 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in on a 7 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in plate 2 sheets, 6 pages$12 on its own
One fold, every piece

Six flat faces, one crease each, and a little twist

Almost everything here starts as a ring of six flat faces. Each face folds once along its long diagonal, and each ring of corners turns a little past the one below it, so the creases spiral up the piece like a wrung towel. The butter dish and the spice rack fold the same faces round a long box instead, so their creases zigzag.

You never guess at an angle. Every edge on every paper prints the angle to tilt your knife, every fold gets a V groove on its dashed line, and each pack comes with a paper bevel gauge to set the blade. The pairs are true mirror twins, cut from flipped papers, so the oil and vinegar bottles, the salt and pepper shakers and the two dredgers spiral in opposite directions.

In my photos every piece wears its own glaze, and the folds still tie the set together. Glaze them all one color if you like. A glossy glaze that breaks lighter on the edges shows off every crease either way. Anything that holds food gets a food-safe glaze inside, and the vinegar bottle wants one that is safe with acids.

What each one takes

  • The Twisted Olive Oil BottleExpert. About 4 hours over three sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab. Also needs a stainless steel bar pourer with a rubber cork, the kind sold for liquor and olive oil bottles.
  • The Twisted Salt and Pepper SetAdvanced. About 4 hours over two sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab. Also needs a pack of silicone shaker plugs (14 to 21 mm) and two small drill bits.
  • The Twisted DredgersAdvanced. About 5 hours over two sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab. Also needs a pack of T-shaped silicone plugs for a 30 to 31 mm hole and two small drill bits.
  • The Twisted Spice RackAdvanced. About 6 hours over three sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab. Also needs eighteen square 4 oz glass spice jars, about 1 5/8 in across.
  • The Twisted Salt CellarAdvanced. About 5 hours over two sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab.
  • The Twisted PitcherExpert. About 6 hours over three sittings, plus a slow dry. 1/4 in slab.
  • The Twisted Utensil CanisterAdvanced. About 4 hours over two sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab.
  • The Twisted Vinegar BottleExpert. About 4 hours over three sittings, plus drying. 1/4 in slab. Also needs a stainless steel bar pourer with a rubber cork, the kind sold for liquor, oil and vinegar bottles.
  • The Twisted Spoon RestIntermediate. About 90 minutes, plus drying. 1/4 in slab.
  • The Twisted Butter DishAdvanced. About 3 hours, plus drying. 1/4 in slab.
How a template works

Print, check, roll, cut, build

Print at 100 percent

Actual size, never Fit to page. Plain copy paper works. Card stock survives a wet slab and can be used again.

Measure the square

Every sheet carries a 1 inch square. A ruler on it settles whether the print is right before any clay is cut.

Roll the slab

Each pack names its slab thickness on the cover. Let the slab firm up to soft leather hard, so it holds an edge and still bends.

Cut the count, then build

Lay the paper on the slab, cut straight down just outside the edge, bevel where the hatching says, and follow the numbered steps. Score, slip, press, compress, every seam.

Every collection

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All of them side by side, with each bundle price, on the template collections page. Every template in one place, sorted by level, on the paper templates page.

Questions

The ones that come up

Which one should I start with

The spoon rest. It is Intermediate, one ring of six folded faces on a floor, about 90 minutes plus drying. Once that ring closes for you, every other piece in the set is the same move, taller or turned.

What do I need to buy

The two bottles each take a stainless bar pourer. The shakers and the dredgers take silicone plugs and a couple of small drill bits, and the spice rack holds eighteen square 4 oz spice jars. Each pack names the exact part and where to get it. Everything else is just clay.

How big are they

Out of the glaze kiln at 12 percent shrinkage, the oil and vinegar bottles stand 11 inches tall and hold about 21 ounces each, the pitcher stands 10 inches and holds about 3 quarts, and the utensil canister is 8 1/2 inches tall. The spice rack is 11 1/4 inches wide, the butter dish sits on a 7 5/8 inch plate, and the spoon rest is 5 inches across.

Are the pairs really mirrored

Yes. The vinegar bottle is the olive oil bottle with every face paper flipped, and the shakers and the dredgers come as left and right twins the same way. Stand each pair side by side and they spiral away from each other.

What is in the bundle

All ten Twisted Kitchen templates in this collection, $106.20 instead of $177. One PDF per template arrives by email the moment the order goes through, each one the whole pack: the template sheets, the steps, the notes and the size table.

What happens when a new Twisted Kitchen template comes out

It joins this collection and your downloads at no charge. The same goes for an update to any template already in it. You pay once, today's price, and the collection keeps growing for you.

Can I buy just one

Yes. Each template here has its own page at $8 to $25. The bundle is the ten together for 40 percent less.

Do I need a membership to buy these

No. The bundle is $106.20 for anyone. Members get five templates free every month, one at a time, and bundles are full price for everyone.

Can I sell what I make

Yes. The pots are yours. The template files are for your own use and are not to be shared, which is the whole of the terms.

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